Communication in the Post Truth Era
Sumit Pandey |
TEDxYouth@NMS
• August 2018
Sumit Pande is the political editor for the CNN-IBN with decades worth of experience in the field of journalism. He spoke about fake news and data privacy, and how caution and awareness are some of our biggest weapons. He mentions Brexit and the Trump campaign, how they normalized the usage of lies in political campaigning, and how they attempted to feed into the public’s existing biases to gain their support. Data privacy is also an issue he speaks about, as a lack of education about how your data is being used is incredibly risky to us, as evidenced by recent usage and manipulation of personal data by big companies. He thinks one of the largest ways to solve this crisis is to increase the credibility of traditional media sources to counter the rise in fake news, and thinks the responsibility lies on them to earn the trust of the people back.